Robert
J Morris.... After decades of interest in color photography, Robert Morris
discovered the beauty, depth and breadth of black-and-white photographic
imagery and the subtle range of tones it affords. Admiring the excellence
of the photographs of Ansel Adams, he turned to former students of Adams
(John Sexton, Howard Bond, Bruce Barnbaum, Dan Anderson, and Ron Wisner)
for instruction and guidance.

Artist's Statement

"Failing the requisite talent for painting the
images that reside in my mind's eye, I have turned to black and white photography
to interpret those images. The major difficulty is the finding of those
'mind's eye' images in the real world to photograph and print them.

The
image of rowboats in a fog was carried in my mind for over six years before
finding it early one August morning in 1991 at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.
I titled this image "Misty Morning". The image titled "Voice
in the Wilderness" emerged in 1999 when I read Ed Neal's
poem about his friend. So I set up the scene in an alley in
our home town. The "Hands" triptych emerged after
watching Donna play her bass violin in church Sunday after
Sunday in 2004, studying her hands as they moved. Many of
the images presented here were in my "mind's eye" long
before becoming a reality in a photograph.

There are still some images in my mind that I am seeking
and it seems that fewer are realized than are added over time. Only a few
of my photographs are the result of finding a preconceived image. But the
thrill of discovery and the excitement of individually
printing each photograph the old fashioned way in my own
darkroom to interpret the image bring me immeasurable joy.

Robert
Morris

Emotions in Black and
White, my first published book, is a compilation of 50 black
and white photographs with the corresponding story of the
background for each image. The book also contains a
technical information table with the lens, aperture, shutter
speed, filter and film development data for each image.